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Genesis 21:9

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

KJV

Cumque vidisset Sara filium Agar Ægyptiæ ludentem cum Isaac filio suo, dixit ad Abraham :

Vulgate

ἰδοῦσα δὲ Σάρρα τὸν υἱὸν Ἁγὰρ τῆς Αἰγυπτίας, ὃς ἐγένετο τῷ Ἀβραάμ, παίζοντα μετὰ Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ υἱοῦ ἑαυτῆς,

LXX

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.

ASV

וַ/תֵּ֨רֶא שָׂרָ֜ה אֶֽת בֶּן הָגָ֧ר הַ/מִּצְרִ֛ית אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָ֥ה לְ/אַבְרָהָ֖ם מְצַחֵֽק

Hebrew

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People AbrahamSarahHagar

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הָגָ֖ר
hgr
proper_noun · 12×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
noun · 76×
צַחֵֽק
tschq
verb · 13×
שָׂרָ֖ה
shrh
proper_noun · 38×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Josephus retells the Genesis narrative: creation, the fall of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, the genealogy from Adam to Noah, the flood, the tower of Babel, and the lives of Abraham and Isaac. He follows the biblical account closely but adds rationalizing explanations and draws on extra-biblical traditions.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 30:10 — So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
  • 2Chr 36:16 — But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
  • 2Kgs 2:23 — And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald
  • Gal 4:22 — For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
  • Gal 4:24 — Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
  • Gal 4:29 — But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
  • Gal 4:29 — But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
  • Gen 16:1 — Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
  • Gen 16:1 — Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
  • Gen 16:15 — And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
  • Gen 25:9 — And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
  • Lam 1:7 — Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her:
  • Prov 20:11 — Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
  • Prov 22:10 — Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
  • Ps 22:6 — But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
  • Ps 42:10 — As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
  • Ps 44:13 — Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.